Move Over, Rover!

Move Over, Rover!
By: Karen Beaumont
Illustrated by: Jane Dyer
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 40
Reading Level: 4-8

Move Over, Rover! Is a fun story of Rover the dog and some unlikely friends. The story starts with Rover sitting in his dog house wishing he had friends to play with, in the wonderful sunny weather. It then begins to pour and there is lightening. So as Rover is sleeping the Cat comes up and says, "Move over, Rover!". Rover lets her in, and soon Raccoon comes over and says "Skit-scat, Cat! Move over, Rover!" so they let him in.Then squirrel, and Blue Jay, Snake, and Mouse come along. And each time they let them in, except Mouse. They have a "full house" by the time mouse gets there. Then they all smell an awful smell and "scamper, scurry!" from the doghouse. Then we see skunk all alone in the doghouse, sleeping right through the storm.
After the storm has past all the animals come back out from there new hiding places, and wonder where Rover is. We then see Rover in his doghouse.
"...chewing on a bone.
Soaked and sopping,
tail flip-flopping,
happy he's alone!"

Recommended to: All animal lovers, or any children at all. The animals are so fun.
Problems: Maybe parents might feel its teaching to be rude, since the animals demand to be let inside the doghouse. But at the same time it teaches sharing.
My Reaction: The illustrations are beautiful in this book. And it was fun to go back to the first page and find all the animals I didn't see the first time. Many of the animals are hidden in the grass or leaves so look close, to find them all.